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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Debian has ancient packages. Frankly, it's not the best suited for gaming, given how late performance optimisations come. Personally I'd like to have driver updates quite promptly.

If you're going to use Debian for gaming, you should probably use the Steam Flatpak.